Our June started with Ben's birthday on the 3rd. He requested homemade doughnuts like the ones we made for New Year's Eve ... and this time he helped to make them!
The following weekend, we took him to the Warhammer shop in Burnaby, which we'd never visited before. Ben picked out a few sets to paint, while I was introduced to the world of Warhammer :)
Fast forward past all the studying and finishing school projects (including Janae's first college art class during the short summer term) to June 20, when we attended the Scandinavian festival in Burnaby. This was especially exciting because I got to be there with all my sisters! Anita hadn't been since we were kids but was able to come up and meet us this year.
Janae and Alaina made some beautiful crowns at the Sweden tent,
and Eric got to try on the chainmail in the Viking Village for the first time! (He still needs to grown into it a bit...)
We also had our usual Swedish meatballs, European hot dogs, and (my favorite) Norwegian waffles with strawberries and whipped cream, and we picked up some chocolate-filled Marianne mints as well.
The next day was Father's Day, which we celebrated with chocolate cake, a big Star Wars cup with sound effects, and a trip out to Langley for Eric to receive his patriarchal blessing.
Then it was the last day of school! Eric got an award for being on student council all year. Now on to Grade 7 for him and Grade 12 for Alaina (she's already ordered her grad hoodie and wants to go look at prom dresses!).
Without any school this past week, we've had time for a few walks in the rain,
and also a trip out to Steveston where we visited the Gulf of Georgia Cannery museum, walked along Fisherman's Wharf, and ate fish and chips near the ocean. This was also my dad's birthday, so we thought of him with all the fishermen, fish, and canning of fish :)
And on the very last day of June, Ben launched his video game, which started as a project for one of his media arts classes a couple of years ago. Ben has built this game from scratch, including all visuals, coding, sound effects--even music--and has been adding and improving various aspects of it. The game is now available for people to buy and play on Steam!
Isn't it nice how June started and ended with Ben? :)
Now we're already into July, looking forward to two months of summer holidays....
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